Ask Hayley Mary of The Jezabels what the difference is between complexity and accessibility in pop music, and she doesn’t miss a beat. “There isn’t one,” says The Jezabels frontwoman, “or at least, there doesn’t need to be. To me, pop is the darkest music of all. If you look not at what pop artists are consciously doing but at what they’re reflecting about the world, pop is the most twisted, weird and scary stuff. If you wanted to study the Earth from an alien perspective, listen to pop music.”

The Jezabels are arch players of this contradiction. With The Jezabels there’s always a twist and they delight in toying with the darkness that somehow cloaks us all and yet channel it into songs that are layered with bright, chiming seams of pop.

The Brink is an utterly fearless record of youthful optimism, taut with gleaming hooks and indelible melodies, all hammered out by a group of young musicians during dark days in a strange new city.

Track Listing:

1. The Brink
2. Time To Dance
3. Look Of Love
4. Beat To Beat
5. Angels Of Fire
6. No Country
7. The End
8. Got Velvet
9. Psychotherapy
10. All You Need
11. Marianne (Australian Bonus Track)